These days, the music industry is more cut throat than ever, and in order to stay in the public’s eye, artists have to not only release music on a regular basis, but also schedule these releases for specific times that will maximize their exposure. While we do all love when are favorite artists’ tracks leak before they were supposed to be released, these leaks can have a very negative effect on the success of the song. As the artists and their management work to build up the hype on a particular release, if the track is leaked, all of the hype is released prematurely which can actually lead to a potentially successful track flopping. At the same time though, a lot of music is actually leaked by the artists themselves because their management won’t allow them to release it officially. Zomboy recently spoke out about this on Twitter:
people who proactively leak artist music should be given a medal…… then slapped
— MR. ZOMBOY (@Zomboy) August 5, 2016
